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Cureus
December 2024
Department of Medicine, Medical Teaching Institution (MTI) Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, PAK.
Background Chronic diseases such as chronic kidney disease (CKD), chronic liver disease (CLD), tuberculosis (TB), dementia, and heart disease are global health concerns of significant importance, representing major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Early diagnosis and interventions are critical to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. Methods This prospective observational study analyzed clinical data from 270 patients (calculated using G*Power 3.
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February 2025
Department of Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology AIG Institute of Cardiac Sciences and Research Hyderabad India.
Objectives: We present a case series of patients with granulomatous myocarditis presenting as atrial arrhythmias accompanied by lymphadenopathy.
Background: Atrial myocarditis (AM) may be the cause of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients without risk factors.
Methods: Patients with atrial fibrillation without risk factors underwent 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET).
Arch Dis Child
January 2025
Department of Child Life and Health, University of Edinburgh Institute for Regeneration and Repair, Edinburgh, UK.
Objective: To obtain priority consensus for outcome measures of oral corticosteroid treatment of preschool wheeze that represent stakeholder groups.
Design: (1) A systematic review to identify a set of outcome measures; (2) an international survey for healthcare professionals (HCPs) and a nominal group meeting with parents; (3) a final consensus nominal group meeting with key HCPs (trial investigators and paediatric emergency medicine clinicians) and the same parent group.
Main Outcome Measures: Consensus priority of treatment outcome measures, outcome minimal clinically important differences (MCIDs) and level of concerns about adverse effects.
BMC Infect Dis
January 2025
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Background: C-reactive protein (CRP) is one of the most commonly monitored inflammatory markers in patients with COVID-19 to gain insight into the inflammation level in the body and to adopt effective disease management and therapeutic strategies. COVID-19 is now less prevalent, and the study of CRP as a biomarker of inflammation still needs deeper understanding, particularly in understanding its role among patients with comorbidities, which are known to influence inflammatory responses and increase the risk of severe outcomes during acute and chronic infectious diseases. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of major comorbidities such as ischemic heart diseases, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and lung infections e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndian Heart J
January 2025
Department of Community Medicine, Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur, India.
Angiotensin Receptor Neprilysin Inhibitor (ARNI) has not shown to be promising in Heart failure with preserved LVEF. Role of ARNI in Right ventricular systolic dysfunction with preserved LVEF needs to be evaluated. We took 50 patients with isolated RV systolic dysfunction and divided them into two groups of 25 patients each- Conventional treatment and ARNI in addition to conventional treatment.
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